Bicycle-support.



No. 636,664. Patented Nov. 7, I899.

W H HART 1R BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Appl a fil an 19 1898) 2 Sheets-Sheet I,

(No Model.)

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No. 636,664. 6 Pa tented Nov. 7, I899.

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BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Dec. 19, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-$heet 2,

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WILLIAM H. HART, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,664, dated November '7, 1899. Application filed December 19,1898. Serial No. 699,6 78. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HART, J12, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Supports, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanyingdrawings.

My invention consists of a bicycle-support formed of legs which are connectible with the frame of a bicycle-pedal and means on said leg for engaging it with said frame when the leg is in the operative position of a support.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View ofa bicycle-support embodying my invention in operative position. Fig. 2 represents a top or plan View of the same in folded position.

Fig. 3 represents a partial front view and partial vertical section. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of another form of my invention in operative position. Fig. 5 represents a perspective View of the support of Fig. 4 removed from the pedal.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bicycle-pedal whose frame B has in the front part 0 thereof the openings D, in which are mounted the outtu rned journals E of the legs F, the latter being provided with the foot G, whereby said legs when in operative position may be firmly supported on a sidewalk, road, floor, or elsewhere. On the legs are freely mounted the sleeves H, to which are attached the plate J, which is thus adapted to slide on said legs to and from either end thereof. 0n said plate J is the stud K, which projects therefrom in the direction of the length of the legs F, and in the ears L on the inner or rear lend of the pedal-frame is the eye or opening M, which is so disposed that when the legs are in inoperative position it is adapted to receive said'stud K for retaining the legs in said position.

The operation is as follows: When the support is in inoperative position, it is folded on the pedal, as in Fig. 2, the slide or plate J being near the ear L and the stud K occupying the eye M therein, thus locking the legs to the pedal-frame. When service of the support is required, the plate is moved from said ear L, whereby the stud K recedes from the eye M, and the legs then drop and assume a comparatively vertical position, slightly thrown out at the base. The plate J is now raised, whereby it engages with the front end part of the pedal-frame B, as shown in Fig. 1, thus retaining the legs in their operative position and preventing inturning or folding of the same. When, however, the plate is lowered, the legs may be returned to their folded position on the pedal frame and locked therewith, as has been hereinbefore stated.

The legs are resilient in their nature, whereby their journals may be readily sprung into and out of the openings .D.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the slide or sliding plate J'has the stud P thereon, the same being adapted to enter an eye or opening Q in the front portion 0 of the pedal-frame, so as to lock the legs when in operative position. When service of the support is not required, it may be removed from the pedal-frame by lowering the plate J, as in Fig. 5, andpressing the legs'from each other, whereby the journals N thereof emerge from the eyes or openings D in the pedal-frame, when the support is disconnected from the pedal and may be carried in a pocket or elsewhere, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Inabicycle-support attachable to apedalframe, a leg, a sliding sleeve on said leg, a plate on said sleeve, and a stud carried by said plate, said leg having a journal adapted to be mounted on said frame, and said stud being adapted to engage said frame.

2. A pedal-frame provided with openings, a leg mounted in one of said openings, a slid ing sleeve freely fitted on said leg, a plate connected with said sleeve and a stud on said plate adapted to enter the other opening of said frame.

3. In a bicycle-support, a leg, a sliding plate mounted thereon and a stud on said plate, said plate being adapted to engage with the outer end of a pedal-frame, when the support is in operative position, and said stud ICO being adapted to engage with the inner end frame having openings to receive said jourof said frame when the support is in folded nals and an opening to receive said stud.

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4. A pair of resilient legs, a base connect- \VILLIAM HART ing the bottoms thereof and journals 0n the \Vitnesses: upper ends thereof, a sliding plate fitted on JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, said legs, a stud on said plate, and a pedal- WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM. 

